For this Deep Tech Dive, I had the pleasure of sitting down with Nicholas Nadeau, Project Director & General Manager at Halodi Robotics. A Robotics-as-a-Service (RAAS) company working on bringing humanoid robots to everyone.

Key Takeaways:

1. Welcome Industry 5.0, robots collaborating with humans.
2. Don’t go into full scale or presume you are in production too early. Keep your R&D units where they need to be, in R&D.
3. Once again, Proof of Work > Proof of Knowledge. If you want to work on robots, build them in reality, not in theory!
4. School should no longer be the rule, just an exception.

For this Deep Tech Dive, I had the pleasure of sitting down with Alishba Imran, Co-Founder of Voltx and Machine Learning (ML) Developer at Hanson Robotics. Voltx is an ML company developing software to accelerate research and development testing of energy storage devices, including batteries and supercapacitors (SC). Hanson Robotics is an AI and robotics company dedicated to creating socially intelligent machines that enrich the quality of our lives. They are the creators of Sophia, the human-like robot. She is also an incoming ML Engineering Intern at Kindred.ai, …

For this Deep Tech Dive I had the pleasure of sitting down with Jai Malik, General Partner of Countdown Capital. Countdown Capital is a Deep Tech VC firm focused on investing and providing in-house support for teams committed to deep philosophical and ethical thinking on top of breakthrough engineering.

Key Takeaways:

1. Most deep tech products are ready to be commercialized. When thinking of futuristic/sci-fi-like technologies you’re thinking about the 10% of the deep tech industry. …

Originally published at https://www.thequantumdaily.com on May 3, 2021.

About Tony and the birth of Honeywell Quantum Solutions

Tony started his career at NASA where he worked as a mechanical engineer at the Johnson Space Center. Following his tenure at NASA, he joined the Boston Consulting Group (BCG) for 7 years. At BCG he was a Principal, developing and executing go-to-market strategies to accelerate the launch of sophisticated engineered products for companies. Finally, in 2010, he made his way to Honeywell and has been there ever since.

At Honeywell, he was the head of marketing & global strategy when it was the largest division at the time, Automation & Control…

For this Deep Tech Dive, I had the pleasure of sitting down with Norris Tie, Co-Founder and CEO of Exosonic, Inc. Exosonic is a supersonic aviation company developing a new standard for travel with their low-boom supersonic jet capable of cruising at Mach 1.8 overland and comfortably carrying up to 70 passengers. Founded in 2019 and admitted to Y Combinator class of 2020.

Key Takeaways:

1. Deep tech companies need to launch a product in 5 to 10 years. If possible, consider a multi-product approach that will help you accomplish your bigger vision.
2. In regards to a new way of recruiting…

A few weeks ago, I had the pleasure of sitting down with Drew Bellcock, CTO of Pipedream Labs. Pipedream is a network of underground tubes that offers near-instantaneous delivery of objects to and from homes and businesses. They are a Pre-Seed robotics and hyperlogistics technology company that is seeking to create an autonomous delivery network capable of sub-minute delivery speeds for consumers.

Key Takeaways:

1. A good CTO can communicate between different types of engineers, and still stay focused on the product and the system as a whole.
2. We need economic systems that incentivize environmental responsibility, ethical behavior, and planetary-scale innovation…

As a fellow believer of the acceleration of technology and fan of esteemed futurist Ray Kurzweil, I will be writing a 4-part series on his predictions on GNR (Genetics, Nanotechnology, and Robotics) and how they stand today. This is part 4 of 4, enjoy!

Of the 3 technological revolutions that could bring on the Singularity, GNR. The R, Robotics, is by far the most profound. A convergence between code and metal that will inherently outperform its predecessors.

Updated April 7th, 2021

In Why New and Future College Graduates Should Consider Entrepreneurship, I go over the “why” of entrepreneurship. That we need more people making stuff. Now, I dive into one of the “hows” of entrepreneurship, networking.

It’s not about the product, it has and always will be about the people. Humans need other humans to survive, or else life would be meaningless. Even Adam had Eve and vice versa. That is why there has always been such a heavy emphasis on creating meaningful relationships with people if you want to succeed in life.

“Your network is your…